The UFC has a new cable home in Canada.
The company, which had long been broadcast on Rogers Sportsnet, will now be seen on TSN and it’s French-language counterpart, RDS, the company formally announced on Monday. MMAFighting.com first reported the news of the impending deal on Friday.
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In the space of two years, former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson has aired his grievances against the UFC and Bellator, left both promotions and is still somehow an employee of each.
The news of ‘Rampage’ leaving Bellator MMA and re-signing with the UFC was announced Saturday during FOX Sports’ telecast of UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway.
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Watch Erick Silva vs. Mike Rhodes full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 58’s main card above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
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Quinton Jackson is no longer under contract with Bellator MMA — at least as far as “Rampage” is concerned.
Jackson said Saturday night on FOX Sports Live that Bellator did not honor his deal and, after 45 days of his manager trying and failing to fix things, he terminated the pact. The UFC announced Saturday night during the UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway broadcast that “Rampage” had re-signed with the organization.
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UFC 173 aired Saturday night on FOX Sports 1. The problem was it happened during UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway from Barueri, Brazil.
Before former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao’s co-main event matchup with Mitch Gagnon, the channel aired the intro to the UFC 173 pay-per-view event, which took place on May 24. Barao fell to T.J. Dillashaw in the headliner of that card.
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What looked to be a mismatch on paper ended up playing out that way in reality, as former champ Lyoto Machida capped off the UFC’s final show of 2014 by dusting C.B. Dollaway with a gunshot of a body kick early in the first round of UFC Fight Night 58’s main event. Check out what the pros had to say about Machida’s brilliant performance, plus all the rest of Saturday’s nuggets from the FOX Sports 1 main card.
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Watch Renan Barao vs. Mitch Gagnon full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 58’s co-main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.
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He’s back.
The mercurial Quinton Jackson has signed again with the UFC and announced the news Saturday night at UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway in an interview on the FOX Sports 1 broadcast. “Rampage” had been competing for Bellator MMA and is still under contract with the organization, Bellator president Scott Coker tweeted. He has not been released.
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Rashad Evans is back. And now it’s official.
Evans will return to the Octagon for the first time in more than a year to meet Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC Fight Night 61 on Feb. 22 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the UFC announced Friday. It will be the UFC’s first trip to the city. The main card will air live on FOX Sports 1. The bout was first reported by Globo.
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MMA Fighting has the UFC Fight Night 58 results for the Machida vs. Dollaway event at the Ginasio Jose Correa in Barueri, Brazil on Saturday night
In the main event, Lyoto Machida squares off against C.B. Dollaway in a welterweight contest Renan Barao faces Mitch Gagnon in the co-main event.
Check out the UFC Fight Night 58 results below.
Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway
Renan Barao vs. Mitch Gagnon
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Patrick Cummins
Elias Silverio vs. Rashid Magomedov
Erick Silva vs. Mike Rhodes
Daniel Sarafian vs. Antonio dos Santos Jr.
Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Igor Pokrajac
Tom Niinimaki vs. Renato Carneiro
Darren Elkins vs. Hacran Dias
Leandro Issa vs. Yuta Sasaki
Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. ET)
Marcio Alexandre vs. Tim Means
Vitor Miranda vs. Jake Collier
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BARUERI, Brazil — Co-headliners Renan Barao and Mitch Gagnon and others face off during the UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway weigh-ins Friday in Brazil. Both bantamweight contenders came in on weight. So did all but one other competitor on the card, which will air Saturday night on FOX Sports 1.
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While no announcement has been made yet, The Sports Network (TSN) in Canada sent out schedule revisions for January to television listings services on Friday which included extensive UFC coverage.
TSN, the country’s equivalent to ESPN, was the leading candidate to get the UFC contract, which had been held by Sportsnet, a rival sports network run by Rogers Cable, since the sport’s popularity explosion.
UFC officials would not confirm the deal at this time.
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Former NBA center Darko Milicic made his kickboxing debut Thursday night in Serbia. The 7-footer, who was the second overall draft pick in 2003, lost to Radovan Radojcic in the second round of their exhibition fight via doctor’s stoppage after suffering a cut on his left leg.
“The next time, it will be better,” Milicic said [translated by The Detroit News]. “I’m invincible.”
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See Jessica Penne vs. Randa Markos total fight video highlights from TUF 20 Finale’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.TUF 20 Finale: Esparza vs. Namajunas took place December 12, 2014 at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jessica Penne (12-2) locked horns with Randa Markos (4-2) in the nighttime’s first fight in the key card, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights above. For more to the TUF 20 Finale, take a look at the TUF 20 Finale results.
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Observe Carla Esparza vs. Rose Namajunas total fight video highlights from TUF 20 Finale’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.TUF 20 Finale: Esparza vs. Namajunas took place December 12, 2014 at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carla Esparza (11-2) locked horns with Rose Namajunas (3-2) in the night’s main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights previously. For more to the TUF 20 Finale, take a look at the TUF 20 Finale results.
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MMA Fighting gets the TUF 20 Finale results for the Esparza vs. Namajunas fight card Dec. 12 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.In the main event, Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas will compete for the first UFC girls’s strawweight title. Take a look at the TUF 20 Finale results underneath. Chief card (FOX Sports 1 at 9 p.m. ET)Carla Esparza vs. Rose NamajunasJeremy Stephens vs. Charles OliveiraK.J. Noons vs. Daron CruickshankJoe Proctor vs. Yancy MedeirosJessica Penne vs. Randa MarkosUndercard (FOX Sports 1 at 7 p.m. ET)Felice Herrig vs. Lisa EllisBec Rawlings vs. Heather ClarkJoanne Calderwood vs. Seo Hee HamTecia Torres vs. Angela MaganaUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 6 p.m. ET)Aisling Daly vs. Alex ChambersEmily Kagan vs. Angela Hill
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PHOENIX — Stipe Miocic talks about his UFC on FOX 13 main event against Junior dos Santos, why he is uneasy on camera, the state of Cleveland sports, and much more.
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in the TUF 20 Ending weigh-ins, all 22 fighters taking part in Friday night’s TUF 20 Finale fights will step to the scale Thursday day, and we’ll possess the live video here at MMAFighting.com. In the primary occasion, Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas must create the strawweight limitation of 115 pounds. The TUF 20 Ending weigh-in takes place at 7 p.m. ET at the Pearl in the Palms, and the video is above. The TUF 20 Ending weigh in results are below.
Chief card (FOX Sports 1 at 9 p.m. ET)Carla Esparza vs. Rose NamajunasJeremy Stephens vs. Charles OliveiraK.J. Noons vs. Daron CruickshankJoe Proctor vs. Yancy MedeirosJessica Penne vs. Randa MarkosUndercard (FOX Sports 1 at 7 p.m. ET)Felice Herrig vs. Lisa EllisBec Rawlings vs. Heather Jo ClarkJoanne Calderwood vs. Seo Hee HamTecia Torres vs. Angela MaganaUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 6 p.m. ET)Aisling Daly vs. Alex ChambersEmily Kagan vs. Angela Hill
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A few days removed from their emotionally charged dialogue, UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub and commentator Joe Rogan each pulled away to their particular corners to reflect in the event.
Record an episode of Schaub’s podcast for FOX Sports earlier this week, Rogan was critical of the former’s recent first-round TKO loss to No. 3 heavyweight Travis Browne at UFC 181 on Dec. 6.
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